Algeria travel

One travels here to remember, or to create new memories. To truly understand Algeria, you must give a little bit of yourself. Lose yourself in the Casbah of Algiers and knock on the doors of the coppersmiths. Walk in the footsteps of the Phoenicians, Carthaginians, and Romans at the ancient site of Tipaza. In Oran, trace the roots of Raï music in vintage cafés and listen to the echoes of Amazigh, Moorish, Jewish, Ottoman, and French heritages. Journey all the way to Tlemcen, the Arab-Andalusia, and follow the timeless trail of the deserts: the Sahara, the northern oases, and the dunes where the songs of the minarets echo in Taghit and Ghardaïa. Venture into the Hoggar mountains and the Tassili n'Ajjer, deep in Tuareg country, where so many myths and legends are written in the sand...

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Itineraries Algeria - Sahara - Djanet - Tassili n’Ajjer

Djanet and the Tassili n’Ajjer - The Sahara is back

Reconnect with the true desert, legendary and vast, of southern Algeria and the land of the Tuaregs.

8 days, from $ 3300 to $ 4400

Itineraries Algeria - Algiers - Southern oases

Epic journey on the Southern Route - By car from Algiers to Timimoun via Ghardaia

From Algiers, take the M’zab and Ghardaïa road, then follow a string of iconic oases around the Grand Erg Occidental.

12 days, from $ 4700 to $ 5900

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Why visit Algeria with Voyageurs du monde?

Passion and reason. Passion because there are few countries in the world that inspire such strong and contrasting feelings. You don’t travel to Algeria by chance. There's always a deeper motivation. And to turn it into an itinerary, schedule and encounters, you need the support of empathy that goes both ways. We provide this in our agencies and throughout the Maghreb. There's also the practical side: this is a vast country, stretching from the Bay of Algiers to the Hoggar and from Oran to the Tassili N’Ajjer, so it requires a realistic and well-informed approach – regularly updated. The success of an adventure depends on all of this.

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Travel to Algeria by region

Algiers & Northern Algeria

Its name already resonates among insiders as the latest on-trend destination in the Maghreb: Algiers is on the rise. A sense of renewal weaves through the cultural heritage of its UNESCO-listed kasbah and the amphitheatre of its hills tumbling down towards the Mediterranean. Entire neighbourhoods are being transformed, like Telemly on the heights of the city, where restaurants, antique shops, young designers’ studios and art galleries have sprung up. Further up, in Sidi Yahia, there are countless trendy shops and rooftops where Algiers’ youth come to dance after an afternoon at the beach. Further west, Oran, the emancipated city, stands out as a city at a crossroads. A port where sharing and freedom of expression have become a tradition, and where today an air of freedom and youth prevails. Not far away, Tlemcen is surely the most Moroccan of Algerian cities – music, cuisine and geology blend together harmoniously there. And there is also Béjaïa, in the Mediterranean; Constantine, further east; Annaba and the coast, all the way to the Tunisian border; and Bou Saâda, the closest oasis to the capital, gateway to the Sahara. A journey through northern Algeria holds many surprises.

Southern Algeria

By “south”, what is really meant is the desert and everything stretching south of the Atlas Mountains, which covers the vast majority of Algerian territory – over 2 million km² (770,000 square miles). Two vast dune mountain ranges stretch out in a sweeping arc: the Grand Erg Occidental, along the edge of which lie the oases of Ghardaïa, El Goléa, Timimoun, Beni Abbès and Taghit; the Grand Erg Oriental, on either side of which are the rock formations that serve as hydrocarbon reservoirs (notably at Hassi Messaoud, In Amenas and Edjeleh). Further south, you reconnect with the Sahara and the Great South of Algeria: the desert, the real one, the legendary one. The vast sandstone plateau of Tassili n'Ajjer endlessly blends powdery sand, with its colossal formations and majestic rocks. Today, people travel more freely in southern Algeria, from the small oasis of Djanet to Essendilène and Iherir, passing through the Afara desert and the Erg Admer. In the desert, the night sky may be the most breathtaking spectacle of nature.

Our Algeria
specialists

In recent decades, tourism in Algeria has moved in fits and starts. Our travel specialists follow developments closely, adapting each journey to the reality on the ground and using every available tool to make travel easier and smoother. They activate local contacts, private specialist guides and digital travel booklet, and curate experiences with care from the architecture of the Casbah of Algiers to desert petroglyphs, from Roman ruins to the delights of street food. They have the resources and, above all, a sharp sense of timing.